Process of gelatinizing and product thereof



I "entra n STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JASPER E. CRANE. OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE ARLINGTON COMPANY, OF ARLINGTON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PROCESS OF GELATINIZING AND PRODUCT THEREOF.

No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ASPER E. Cnsxn, of Newark, in the county of Essex, and in the State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Processes of (lelatinizing and' Products Thereof, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to a process of gelatiniziug liquids or rendering them more viscous and the product thereof, but particui parting from the spirit of my lnvention.

larly in order to produce compositions designed to be used as solidified fuels.

The object of my invention is to provide a process by reason of which liquids containing nitrocellulose may be gelatinized or rendered more viscous as well as the product thereof and, particularlyto provide a composition of this character which maintains a supply of a liquid fuel in a solid form both when ignited and when not ignited by reason of the composition of which the fuel forms a part, or so that it will not run out of the container in which it is located, if overturned. Another object is to gelatinize or render more viscous a liquid containing nitrocellulose by the addition of an inorganic compound.

Other objects of my invention will appear from the detailed description thereof" set forth hereinafter. I

While my invention is capable of embodiment in many different forms for the purpose of'illustration I shall describe only certain forms thereof hereinafter.

. For example, the composition made in accordance with my invention may be eomprised of:

'Nitrocellulose, 2 to 10 parts; alcohol, 95 parts, and basic lead acetate, part. I

Preferably the nitrocellulose is present in the proportion of about 5 parts. -For' the nitrocellulose I may use, if desired celluloid scrap. The alcohol may, for example, be comprised of denatured grain alcohol 90% and wood alcohol 10%. Instead of the basic lead acetate, I may use any one of a number of inorganic compounds, which have the property of gelatmimng such liquids, as for example aluminum hydroxid. The composition above referred to when ignited provides a convenient source of heat through the burning of the alcohol which is rendered readily available as the composition is in the form of a stiff paste or jelly, while the Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1926).

Application filed November 2, 1916. Serial No. 129,084.

alcohol is burning. The characteristics of the composition are such, however, that although the alcohol is rendered readily available after it has become once ignited, at the same time the composition is so stiff after I claim 1. A process which comprises gelatiniz'ing a liquid containing nitrocellulose by adding thereto an inorganic compound.

A process which comprises gelatinizing a liquid containing nitrocellulose by adding thereto a basic inorganic compound.

3. A process which comprises gelatinizing a liquid containing nitrocellulose by adding thereto a basic lead acetate.

4. A gelatinized composition containing basic lead acetate.

5. A gelatinized composition containing nitrocellulose and basic lead acetate.

6. A solidified liquid fuel compositioncontaining basic lead acetate.

7. A composition containing nitrocellulose and a basic lead acetate.

8. A solidified liquid fuel composition containing nitrocellulose, and a basic inorganic compound.

9. A solidified liquid fuel composition containing nitrocellulose, and basic lead acetate.

10. A solidified liquid fuel composition. containing nitrocellulose, a basic inorganic compound, and alcohol.

11. A solidified liquid fuel composition containing nitrocellulose, basic lead acetate, and alcohol.

12. A solidified liquid fuel composition containing nitrocellulose and alcohol in the proportion of 5 parts nitrocellulose to 95 parts alcohol and containing a small proportion of a basic compound.

13. A solidified liquid fuel composition containing nitrocellulose and alcohol, in the proportion of 5 parts nitrocellulose to 95 parts alcohol and containing a small proportion of a basic inorganic compound.

14. A solidified liquid fuel composition containing nitrocellulose, and alcohol, in the proportion of 5 parts nitrocellulose to .95 are parts alcohol and containing a small proportion of basic lead acetate.

15. A process which comprises gelatinizing' or coagulating a' liquid containing a cellulose ester by treatment with a basic inorganic compound.

16.Tlie process of making a solidified "fuel comprising, treating alcohol with an inllammable cellulose compound and coagulating with an inorganic compound.

17. The process of making a solidified fuel comprising, treating alcohol with a pyroxylin compound and gelatinizing with an inorganic compound.

18. The process of making a solidified fuel comprising, treating a mixtureot alcohols With a thin solution of pyroxylin COIIlpound coagulated by a basic inorganic compound.

19. The process of making a solidified fuel comprising, treating an aliphatic alco- 1101 with a cellulose ester and coagulating the composition with an inorganic compound.

20. The process of making a solidified fuel comprising, treating a mixture of methyl and ethyl alcohols with a thin solution of nitrocellulose and coagulating the solution with basic lead acetate.

21. A fuel containing a cellulose ester, aliphatic alcohol and an inorganic compound.

A fuel containing a cellulose .cster, aliphatic alcohol and a basic inorganic compound.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

JASPER E. CRANE.

Witnesses EVARTS G. Loonus, LEON. G. CORWIER. 

